“I was sitting on a bean bag in my dorm room when I got the call. It was a friend of mine -- let's call her ‘Sara’ -- and she was sobbing so hard it took me a moment to know who it was.
“Finally, she pulled herself together enough to speak. With a voice that sounded as weary as if she had aged 100 years since the last time we talked, she said, ‘I’m pregnant.’
“My heart sunk on her behalf. I was completely pro-choice and didn’t find the idea of abortion to be troubling, but I knew that she was not comfortable with it. She had always said that she respected other women’s rights to choose, but that she could never do that. . . . ”
In a recent commentary, writer Jennifer Fulwiler reflected one perspective related to life in our times.
To access her complete post, please visit:
Jennifer Fulwiler: Why I Lost Faith in the Pro-Choice Movement (31 OCT 12)
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